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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has made all six programs of its MozartFest concert series available on YouTube until March 3, 2017. That’s over eight hours of music available for your viewing and listening enjoyment. Here’s the link for the “Mo-Fest BingeFest playlist.”

Hummel was a virtuoso pianist as well as a composer. As a child, he caught the attention of Mozart, who was so impressed with his ability that he took him into his home and provided him with free lessons for two years, after which he studied with Muzio Clementi in London, and Haydn and Salieri in Vienna. Hummel was friends with Beethoven and Schubert. He worked with Haydn at Prince Esterházy’s court.1

Hummel was surrounded by greatness—and that perhaps is part of his anonymity problem. A star may be bright, but you will never see it when the sun is shining. Over time, his more stellar contemporaries got more attention, and his works were nearly forgotten.